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Biographical/Historical note

Professor Baker, 1893-, studied under Dr. Franz Boas at Columbia University; taught five years at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee; four years at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia; and six years at Kamehameha Schools for Boys, Honolulu, Hawaii; and in 1953 had been at Boise Junior College for six years.

Scope and Contents note

The collection consists of manuscript of Baker's monograph
The Forgotten Kutenai; Boise: Mountain States Press, 1955, and the correspondence, notes, and pamphlets gathered in connection with his writing and publishing it. A printed copy is also included.

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General note

Aside from the manuscript, probably the most useful items for Pacific Northwest history are the lists of persons concer ned with Indian culture in Container 1B-C; correspondence concerning U. S. Indian policies in Container 2A; pamphlets, notes, and clippings concerning Indians in Container 4A-C.

One letter from Simon Francis, an Indian, giving suggestions or statements regarding Indian culture made in rough draft of book, describes Indian customs in solemnizing marriages; taking sweatbaths; etc.